SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 17, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- Competitive Intelligence: 007 Market Intel. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to estimate market size, competitive market share, how many potential customers are there, and price points. PDMA SoCal. It's Monday morning. He announces, "Let's build a gold-plated widget!"

Competition 100

Competition Innocal Case Study SoCal 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 25, 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 -- The Digital Data Revolution. The increasing availability and granularity of information about customers will create opportunities, but is also disruptive and raises privacy concerns. The amount of data available to businesses has been increasing exponentially.

Technology Council 113

Technology Council TCOSC Social Network Competition 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 11, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -- Managing Your Product/Service Lifecycle. But how do you ensure that your product or service is what the customer really wants, needs and will pay for? Your product is just about to go out the door. Youre reviewing your launch plan and task assignments.

Product 100

Product Services TechEmpower Competition 100

Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

Our customers benefitted from this and saved thousands over the years as a result. But later in 2011, new customers slowed, appointment bookings slowed and average appointment time dropped. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically. We immediately informed our board and shareholders that we were forced to halt operations.

Capital 234

Capital Pricing Press Customer 234

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Scott Cannon: We started in 2012, when it was basically a couple of people on a telephone and the yellow pages. From a customer standpoint, though, it's pretty clear. So, from the customer side, it was much easier. We'll also be doing significant enhancements to our customer portal. So where are you now?

Startup 174

Startup Metrics Customer Custom 174

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2017

Robert Blatt: We say to people that we do customer experience for multi-location brands. Our platform enables them to manage the digital representation of their locations, and engage with consumers in paid, social, and search, to improve that customer experience. So what does your customer look like nowadays? ,p>

Google 127

Google Paid Search Mobile Activity 127

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Companies have a need and desire to control how and when people access information, so that the data doesn''t live out there eternally on a device. The government guys say that SMS shouldn''t be used for personal health information. How difficult has it been to get your customers to understand the exposure with SMS?

Yammer 229

Yammer Startup Mobile Organization 229

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Will I have information that other journalists don’t have (otherwise known as a “scoop”)? The idea is that you put out information with data and a point-of-view and that becomes the story rather than you. That chart has information on it. Do I have data or facts to present so the story has legs? I am a VC.

Marketing 389

Marketing Press Blogging Startup 389

InfoChachkie

JULY 18, 2012

Our customers benefitted from this and saved thousands over the years as a result. But later in 2011, new customers slowed, appointment bookings slowed and average appointment time dropped. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically. We immediately informed our board and shareholders that we were forced to halt operations.

RSS 170

RSS Technical Review Capital Email 170

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 Businesses are driving that growth, winning customers and expanding their operations. Select a Provider with Committed Information Rates. Request Custom Pricing. trillion. ¹.

Southern California 60

Southern California Services Demand SoCal 60

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 10, 2013

Clay Collins is the Co-Founder of LeadBrite , a profitable and bootstrapped SAAS startup that’s doubled in revenue almost every month since its inception in May of 2012. Also, Clay is a marketer and copywriter who’s been behind the scenes of some of the highest grossing information marketing campaigns on the internet.

SaaS 97

SaaS Southern California Santa Monica Marketing 97

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with developers and found yourself lost or even overwhelmed with new information? In a collaborative effort, Ria Consulting, LLC and Los Angeles Net Developers Group are hosting this event on November 10th, 2012 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.

JavaScript 93

JavaScript Long Beach Java .Net 93

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Nanxi Liu: We started the company in the summer of 2012, with five totally random people. The initial idea, was we wanted to transform what a digital display was, after seeing that all of these digital displays in the shopping mall only showed information, but did not allow you to post information.

Social Media 178

Social Media Media Startup Culver City 178

socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

We then spent the first half of 2012 beta testing the product, getting feedback and input to the point where we could start selling it. We launched it in March of 2012, at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago, took a booth, got lots of press, and we've been selling it every since. How did you decide to tackle this market?

Mobile 197

Mobile Startup Platform GRP Partners 197

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. I don’t want to speak to customer service reps!! There are 2.9 Not so fast.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

During last year’s (2012) CES we had the opportunity to speak with SocialNightlife has they were in private Beta. The platform was create to help nightlife professionals and venues gain insights about their most loyal customers and VIP members. Which has now officially been opened to the public.

Social Media 56

Social Media Media Customer Custom 56

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 6, 2013

2012 TechZulu Tech Crawl – Technically Awesome. Each participating business will open its office for the duration of the crawl, giving you a chance to see where the magic happens and meet the team in an informal setting. Custom ad deals and partnerships. A tour of some of the hottest Silicon Beach companies.

Santa Monica 111

Santa Monica Email Networking Entrepreneur 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He shared tons of information about how how they were using marketing to quantitatively make marketing decisions at HauteLook and acquire customers for prices that were far cheaper than similar companies. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

However, our customers, even with Concur, find those solutions didn't meet all of their needs. After we left the company we were working for, Elite Information Systems--which was later acquired by Thompson, Alan and I formed Chrome River. Chrome River is picking up a number of those customers.

Software 100

Software Report Startup IBM 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2015

Each participating business will open its office for the duration of the crawl, giving you a chance to see where the magic happens and meet the team in an informal setting. ZehnerGroup designs and builds custom websites that scale. Our analysis is focused to directly inform core business functions of liability insurers and reinsurers.

Culver City 40

Culver City Media Web Design 40

Xconomy

JUNE 29, 2016

Reflexion Health, a San Diego startup founded in 2012 at the nonprofit West Health Institute, is moving to commercialize Vera, its physical rehabilitation system based on Microsoft Kinect’s motion tracking technology. healthcare systems, CEO Joe Smith said late Monday. The first represents an extension of the West institute’s own goals.

Technology 74

Technology San Diego Funding Coach 74

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. It has been predicted that this method will continue to increase in popularity in 2012. Getting Mobile-Ready.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

Marketers see it as a better way to target customers, but the current consumer offerings have been slow to deliver. If you know your contacts’ real-life interests, you could use that information in your marketing efforts. If you think location-based services are a long way from mainstream, take a look at the new 2012 Digital Study.

Services 82

Services Competition Mobile Entertainment 82

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 14, 2013

An efficient way to qualify a potential customer is to determine the size and availability of their budget. This information helps me determine who will an impact the buying process and who is just along for the ride. Image Sources: Randy - Copyright © 2012 Discovery Communications, LLC, Monte - ©2012Tribune Media Services, Inc.

Sales 251

Sales Startup Activity RSS 251

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

ExplorerB2B is a free to join exclusive network of experts who share information that matters to you and make sure you expand your professional network, interact with a relevant audience and present your expertise. The English/International version of the platform was launched in January 2012. ExploreB2B might be the place for you.

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2013

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, and suppliers expect to find contact information. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer.

Web 99

Web Startup Sites Design 99

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 31, 2012

The team says it has had a great year this 2012. The team says, ” A business on Foursquare will be able to see more of their recent customers.” According to Foursquare, “This is great for helping store owners identify their customers and give them more personal service or offers. Over 15,000,000 New Users.

FAQ 58

FAQ Competition News Customer 58

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

This blog post is for information purposes only and my only intention is to move forward. In 2012, my company plundered and it was horrific…bygones. That said, it was very challenging to get reports of the company’s cash flow or other financial information that was needed to build the fledgling startup.

Content 100

Content Blogging Burbank Course 100

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

It started as basic as signing up for a newsletter from your favorite site to customizing a profile to display particular topics. With all this information laid out in front us there was a massive creation of information overload – laying the grown work for diluted content.

Newsletter 79

Newsletter Content Social Media Startup 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

In 2012, total entrepreneurial activity in the United States hit its highest level since their survey started in 1999, according to Babson College. In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses.

Startup 99

Startup Competition News Framework 99

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

From devising a tweet length pitch to having an easy to remember name, each branding opportunity is a touch point for a new customer to be attracted to what you have to offer. In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does.

Press 97

Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

billion for 35 funds during the first quarter of 2013, an increase of 22 percent compared to the level of dollar commitments during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a report from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). That should be true even if your customer is really a distributor.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In 2012 the company rolled out Inktank, an innovative open source storage solution based on Ceph’s distributed file system, which was subsequently sold to Red Hat for $175 million. This leads companies in the open source ecosystem to encourage collaboration across traditional boundaries to the benefit of customers, operators and developers.”.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

You may have the solution to the world hunger problem, but if your customers have no money, your business won’t last long. There is no substitute for market research, written by domain experts, to supplement your informal poll of friends and family. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 9/14/2012.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

It started as basic as signing up for a newsletter from your favorite site to customizing a profile to display particular topics. With all this information laid out in front us there was a massive creation of information overload – laying the grown work for diluted content.

Newsletter 56

Newsletter Content Social Media Startup 56

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2014

No personal information is needed to activate, therefore, calls cannot be traced to a specific name or organization in any way. After use, you can dispose of the SIM card and the information it contains.” The initial company, Roam Mobility Service came to market in January 2012. But I digress.

Mobile 86

Mobile Startup Customer Custom 86

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

We built a Proof of Concept in 2010, went into closed beta in 2011 and opened up to the public in Dec 2012. Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Integr8 Group – one of the largest private owned Information Communication and Telecommunication Managed Service providers in South Africa (Annex.13). When was it launched? A member of Endeavor Global.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92